Originally Posted by
JustCruisin
The movies mentioned were good but the one that bothered me most (and I did read the book) was the
"Hunt for Red October" so much accurate data and things that were considered or expermental were covered that I thought they might charge the author with treason.
I once worked with a guy who was an officer on a sub. One day I asked him what was the range & speed of torpedos back in WWII and the 1950s. He wouldn't tell me.
Now we have wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo
And if I want to know something about the 4 different torpedoes in current use by the U.S.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_46_torpedo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_48_torpedo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_50_torpedo
http://www.deagel.com/Torpedoes/Mark-54_a000963001.aspx